The Leopard Anchor

2011 in review

My 2011 hasn't been wildly eventful, but sometimes that's the best kind of year. It puts me in mind of a quote I heard, from a book I've never read. It's something along the lines of that a day in which nothing really happens is a triumph, a day where nothing went wrong and nothing bad happened is a huge achievement, that sort of thing. I really wish I could find it, but googling doesn't help when you can barely remember *any* of the actual words.

Here are some of my favourites from this year.

Favourite posts:

 
 
 

Favourite photos:

Royal wedding tea party.

Favourite corner of my studio

My first self-stitched dress.

My beautiful friends' wedding.

Vintage dresses on a day out in Salisbury.

Mini bunting.

Old stuff in Canada

Milo in the car.

Carousel.

Tooting Tram & Social is the best venue.

Things I made:

 

Things I did:

Set up my first sewing area, got over my fear over sewing machines and learnt to sew.

Totally geeked out.

Built my studio.

Print Gocco workshop.

Went to Canada to stay with my Nana on her farm.

Here's to 2012, something tells me it's going to be much more eventful!

xo Kirsty

What Christmas looks like in my studio

Merry Christmas! xo

Weekly Web Watch #13

Happy Christmas eve! Traditionally my favourite day of the festive season (on account of the hours spent in my lovely local pub with old school friends).

I'm test driving some high heels for day wear, I have declared them too high for wearing to the pub for festive whiskey drinking.

Speaking of shoes, I love this DIY removable shoe fringe on The Dainty Squid.

If there is a Father Christmas I'll take some of these:

Have you seen Elsie's (A Beautiful Mess) new puppy? I'd love for Milo to have a sausagey brother.

This Christmas bokeh on A is for Ampersand is so festive!

The lovely Modcloth team have sure been spreading the Christmas cheer!

Merry Christmas! xo Kirsty.

This is how we wrap

And by we, I mean me. Wrapping presents is my favourite thing in the WHOLE world, I adore it. There was a lady on the radio the other day who was an 'International Gift Wrapping Expert', now I know what I want to be when I grow up!

This is the third Christmas I've used brown paper and I don't think I'll ever go back to patterned or coloured paper.

Pretty wrapping comes at a price though:

What. A. Mess.

xo Kirst.

Wednesday WIP

Today = wrapping. I am SO behind, I'm normally finished buying/making before December even begins and everything is wrapped and under the tree by mid-December, I haven't even put the tree up! And I'm still in the process of making one gift. Oh dear.

But I love wrapping, this bit makes me so happy.